Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Assignment of GDT entries | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Wed, 13 Sep 2006 22:35:21 +0100 |
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Ar Mer, 2006-09-13 am 13:59 -0700, ysgrifennodd Zachary Amsden: > TLS #3 overlaps BIOS 0x40, but code which calls borken APM / PnP BIOS > and sets up protected mode 0x40 GDT segment does so by swapping out the > TLS segment with the identity simulation of physical 0x400 offset, > swapping it back afterwards. Short of bugs in that code (which there > are, btw), you shouldn't need to be concerned with it.
Care to elucidate ?
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